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Sometimes one has simply to endure a period of depression for what it may hold of illumination if one can live through it, attentive to what it exposes or demands.

May Sarton

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May Sarton
Age: 83 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 3
Died: 1995
Died: July 16
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Poet
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May Eleanor Sarton
May
Depression
Live
Sadness
Sometimes
Endure
Period
Exposes
Periods
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Demand
Illumination
Hold
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Demands

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